10-10-22 AgendaNEDERLAND CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
NOTICE is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Nederland City Council to be held on Monday,
October 10, 2022, 4:30 p.m., at the Nederland City Hall, 207 North 12th Street, Nederland, Texas,
for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. The City Council reserves the right to
retire into Executive Session concerning any of the agenda items whenever it is considered
necessary and legally justified pursuant to Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
This meeting will be OPEN to in-person attendance by the public; however due to the spacing
restrictions in the City Council Chamber, masks are encouraged. The City will continue to provide
citizens an alternative method to attend and participate in City Council meetings. Members of the
public can participate remotely via Zoom Teleconferencing. Citizens may join the Zoom Meeting
by clicking on the Virtual Council Meeting https link on the City of Nederland’s website or calling
the Zoom Call in Number and entering the Meeting ID# on the City of Nederland’s website.
1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. CONSENT AGENDA—All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the
City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these
items unless a councilmember so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the
Consent agenda and considered separately.
a. Minutes – September 26, 2022 regular meeting and September 19, 2022 special meeting
b. Consider action approving a request from the Nederland Rotary Club to utilize Doornbos
Park for their annual Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) event.
c. Consider action approving a request from Nederland Little Dribblers to utilize the
Nederland Recreation Center gymnasium for practices and the waiver of associated fees.
d. Consider action authorizing the closure of Boston Avenue between 15th Street and 17th
Street and all intersections on Monday, October 31st for the Nederland Chamber of
Commerce’s “Trunk-R-Treat” event.
4. REGULAR AGENDA
a. Consider action accepting a donation from the Nederland Heritage Festival Foundation
for the Nederland Police, Fire, and Parks & Recreation Departments.
b. Consider action re-appointing Don Albanese, Bret Duplant, and Mitch Macon to the
Nederland Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.
c. City of Nederland Non-Profit Partnership Grant Program:
i. Consider action approving an Agreement for Funding with Spindletop Center
MHMR.
ii. Consider action approving an Agreement for Funding with the Southeast Texas
Nonprofit Development Center.
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d. Discussion and possible action regarding the Nederland Non-Profit Partnership Grant
Program.
e. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2022-26, denying Entergy Texas, Inc.’s
Statement of Intent and Application for Authority to Change Rates filed on July 1, 2022.
f. Consider action approving the re-payment of over-collected sales tax to the Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts.
g. Consider action awarding bid for the Hilldale/Hill Terrace and Nederland Avenue
Drainage project funded through the Texas General Land Office.
h. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2022-27, de-annexing 0.1888 acres of land out
of Block 18, Range “G” Port Arthur Land Company Subdivision (a portion of Kirk
Gillespie’s property located at 1815 Peterson Road).
5. EXECUTIVE SESSION (No Public Discussion on These Items)
The City Council will announce that it will go into Executive Session, pursuant to Chapter
551 of the Texas Government Code, to discuss matters as specifically listed on the agenda,
or as authorized by law.
Deliberations about Real Property – Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.072
Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations, Chapter 551.087
6. RECONVENE
Reconvene into regular session and discuss and take action, if any, on items discussed in
Executive Session.
7. COMMUNICATION
City Manager’s Report:
a. Miscellaneous
8. ADJOURN
Don Albanese, Mayor
City of Nederland, Texas
ATTEST:
Gay Ferguson, City Clerk
City of Nederland, Texas
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“PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.07, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER
WITH AN OPENLY CARRIED HANDGUN), A PERSON LICENSED UNDER
SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (HANDGUN LICENSING
LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A HANDGUN THAT IS CARRIED
OPENLY”
"CONFORME A LA SECCIÓN 30.07, DEL CÓDIGO PENAL (ENTRADA SIN
AUTORIZACIÓN POR TITULAR DE LICENCIA CON UNA PISTOLA VISIBLE), UNA
PERSONA CON LICENCIA BAJO EL SUBCAPÍTULO H, CAPÍTULO 411 DEL
CÓDIGO DE GOBIERNO (LEY DE LICENCIAS DE PISTOLAS), NO PUEDE ENTRAR
EN ESTA PROPIEDAD CON UNA PISTOLA VISIBLE”